From a company standpoint when I owned a hosting company we paid on a per ticket basis, it’s actually better that way because when you pay per hour you never know when they’re actually on. Per ticket is better IMO .

themelux said
From a company standpoint when I owned a hosting company we paid on a per ticket basis, it’s actually better that way because when you pay per hour you never know when they’re actually on. Per ticket is better IMO .

themelux said
From a company standpoint when I owned a hosting company we paid on a per ticket basis, it’s actually better that way because when you pay per hour you never know when they’re actually on. Per ticket is better IMO .

alright, and how much did you pay per ticket?

I paid $1.25 and if the ticket took more than 2 hours to resolve we paid them another $1.25. (But these people were outsourced from india, so they work cheaper than say someone from the US).

themelux said
From a company standpoint when I owned a hosting company we paid on a per ticket basis, it’s actually better that way because when you pay per hour you never know when they’re actually on. Per ticket is better IMO .

alright, and how much did you pay per ticket?

I paid $1.25 and if the ticket took more than 2 hours to resolve we paid them another $1.25. (But these people were outsourced from india, so they work cheaper than say someone from the US).

I happen to be the current support staff for ThemeSector, ThemeFusion, RDever and FreshFace and have been working for stmcan and DMThemes, so I might be of help in this thread.

In 80% of the cases I get paid flatrate – per month. We first think about the average amount of time that might be needed per day, I multiply it by my hourly rate and get a flatrate for that. I track my hours in an excel sheet that can be sent by request and if the hours differ a lot from what we agreed to we can adjust the flatrate.

The other 20% I get paid per minute, means I also track the exact time, sum that up at the end of the month and then multiply it by my hourly rates either for weekdays or weekends, depending on when I worked, and then send the invoice or tell by email.

Both has advantages for either parties I think. The exact rate probably differs depending on where the support staff is from (as themelux already implied). I myself am from a quite expensive country and have loads of experience with themes and themeforest, both as a former author, in cooperations with other authors as well as with supporting. So the price really depends on where you’re from and what your experience and expenses are (like taxes).

While I gladly inform anybody who’s interested about my concrete rates I’d rather not in public. I hope you understand, so if you’re interested shoot me a message (also if any other questions arise I gladly answer)

This is also a proper place and time to thank everybody for the cooperations – even if they might not read it – I have the most amazing, friendly, helpful and highly skilled bosses I can imagine – it’s a pleasure to work for all of you.